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http://dx.doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2015.45.4.513

Nurses' Experiences of the Death of Patients in Geriatric Hospitals  

Yi, Mi Joung (College of Nursing, Hanyang University)
Lee, Jeong Seop (College of Nursing, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.45, no.4, 2015 , pp. 513-522 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify and understand nurses' experiences of the death of patients in geriatric hospitals. Methods: Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological analysis was applied in the interpretation of experiential descriptions of seven nurses who had experienced the death of patients in a geriatric hospital. Results: The essential subjects derived from the experience of the nurses on the death of patients in a geriatric hospital are covered in the following 7 themes. 'Placed in death site', 'Difficult repetition of death and farewell', 'Emotional waves that rushes in after farewell', 'Dilemmas in a place with no preparation to greet expected death', 'Getting dull from continually being struck with sorrow', 'Being together with living death', and 'Showing courtesy for a good farewell and living well'. Conclusion: The results of this research will contribute to the development of policy on all the deaths of patients in geriatric hospitals and suggest basic data that need to be applied in real practice and directions to introduce plans for realistic improvements in nursing care of deathbed patients in geriatric hospitals.
Keywords
Nurses; Life experiences; Death; Geriatric nursing;
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